DocWong
Contributor
What a nice day of diving all over the area. As I drove into Pt Lobos I passed about 20 dive vehicles and lots of divers at Monastery which is a very good sign of what Pt Lobos will be like.
Pt Lobos was like a glassy lake! Johnathan, Rob and I got in with our scooters and got to the mouth of Whaler's Cove where we descended to about 25 feet. We went North for a minute or so, then turned West staying at 70 feet for awhile. Then it got deeper and we were on the close side of Great Pinnacle, all very pretty, going between some nice pinnacles. Boy did I want to stop and take some video, but we had a plan.
We then scootered directly North and hit Twin Peaks, where we stayed at depths were 130 to 150' for 15 minutes. Johnathan gave the signal that we were going to be here for 15 minutes as planned, we clipped our scooters off (in my case with the bigger scooter, just held it by the front strap), and hung around. I was able to take some decent video.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to use my new "real" video camera and just had my little Canon Digital camera that I've been shooting video with. Look forward to some better video...maybe, now that I have a pretty good video camera. The price is how big it is. I'll mount it on my scooter and that should make it more manageable.
Time to go and we headed East following the pinnacle contour along what is called the "Road." When we got to 70 feet, we switched to our deco gas and hung around for a bit. I always especially like this part of the dive as I find it relaxing, just hanging and relaxing..very "zen" for me. Ok, it's now time to go and we head North back into Whaler's Cove.
We stop by the side of Middle Reef and Rob points something out to me. At first I thought it was a whitish nudibranch and as I look closer, I see a little cute fishy in a hole that couldn't have been more than a quarter inch round. I was amazed at how Rob knew where it was as the Fringehead retreated into the hole and came back out as if curious about me. Sorry I had to deply my little camera and do some video of it. I did throw our deco off by another 2 minutes, but an extra 2 minutes at 40 or so feet didn't sound bad to me.
We continue our travel back to the ramp, keeping to our deco schedule and get pretty close to the ramp thanks for Johnathan's navigation!
Some of us were getting ready for a second dive, but that was thwarted by a harbor seal nursing her pup on a rock right next to the ramp where we would enter the water. That was quite a site and even though we were all closer than the 150' requirement, mother seal and pup were not disturbed. I don't think anyone did a 2nd dive out of repect for them.
Dive Time: 90 minutes, max depth 145, min temp was 46 (corrected) degrees.
Pt Lobos was like a glassy lake! Johnathan, Rob and I got in with our scooters and got to the mouth of Whaler's Cove where we descended to about 25 feet. We went North for a minute or so, then turned West staying at 70 feet for awhile. Then it got deeper and we were on the close side of Great Pinnacle, all very pretty, going between some nice pinnacles. Boy did I want to stop and take some video, but we had a plan.
We then scootered directly North and hit Twin Peaks, where we stayed at depths were 130 to 150' for 15 minutes. Johnathan gave the signal that we were going to be here for 15 minutes as planned, we clipped our scooters off (in my case with the bigger scooter, just held it by the front strap), and hung around. I was able to take some decent video.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to use my new "real" video camera and just had my little Canon Digital camera that I've been shooting video with. Look forward to some better video...maybe, now that I have a pretty good video camera. The price is how big it is. I'll mount it on my scooter and that should make it more manageable.
Time to go and we headed East following the pinnacle contour along what is called the "Road." When we got to 70 feet, we switched to our deco gas and hung around for a bit. I always especially like this part of the dive as I find it relaxing, just hanging and relaxing..very "zen" for me. Ok, it's now time to go and we head North back into Whaler's Cove.
We stop by the side of Middle Reef and Rob points something out to me. At first I thought it was a whitish nudibranch and as I look closer, I see a little cute fishy in a hole that couldn't have been more than a quarter inch round. I was amazed at how Rob knew where it was as the Fringehead retreated into the hole and came back out as if curious about me. Sorry I had to deply my little camera and do some video of it. I did throw our deco off by another 2 minutes, but an extra 2 minutes at 40 or so feet didn't sound bad to me.
We continue our travel back to the ramp, keeping to our deco schedule and get pretty close to the ramp thanks for Johnathan's navigation!
Some of us were getting ready for a second dive, but that was thwarted by a harbor seal nursing her pup on a rock right next to the ramp where we would enter the water. That was quite a site and even though we were all closer than the 150' requirement, mother seal and pup were not disturbed. I don't think anyone did a 2nd dive out of repect for them.
Dive Time: 90 minutes, max depth 145, min temp was 46 (corrected) degrees.
